A Painting Story
You set out to paint; you thought it’d be fun; how hard could it be..
Just Look. Do. See?
But then something funny started to happen.
The more you looked, the more you saw, and the greater the task became.
You wanted to show how beautiful it was but never quite could.
Years later, still in the middle of this seemingly endless task, it dawns on you.
What you’ve been trying to capture the whole time isn’t out there.
It’s YOU you’re seeing. The essence of you. It’s the space of awareness itself. You’re painting the one who is looking.
My painting practice is grounded in observation. It begins with quieting the mind and focusing on something long enough to slip into a meditative state—what I call “finding the gaze.”
It’s not about realism. It’s about becoming one with what I’m looking at. I let the subject pass through me, directly onto the canvas, without overthinking or forcing.
I’m drawn to still life and the familiar objects around me- how they exist in light, in space, in time.
Painting, for me, is not about capturing an image. It’s about describing the truth of how something looks and feels—engaging with perception rather than representation. I paint from life, never from photographs, because I love looking at something that’s alive, shifting, and endlessly nuanced—just like us.
A white cloth is never white. A shadow changes depending on whether you look at it directly or catch it peripherally. The longer we look, the more the world reveals itself.
My work exists in that space between looking and knowing, presence and recognition. It is about seeing shape, color, and light as they truly are, before thought interferes.
Each painting is a record of attention—a quiet act of witnessing the world as it unfolds.
Painting as a Way of Seeing
When I first started painting, I really wanted to express myself. I was working way too fast desperate to make a painting work rather than truly seeing what was in front of me. But over time, I realized the joy of painting is in paying attention.
Now, my process is simple: Look first. Stay with it. Let perception unfold. If I get quiet enough, if I stop trying to paint and simply be, the colors, shapes, and forms reveal themselves—unfiltered, honest, and exactly as they are.
Look + Linger
There’s more to explore
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Collect
Bring a piece of stillness into your space. Each painting is a record of presence—an invitation to slow down, notice, and see the world differently.
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Wander
A collection of paintings and drawings created from direct observation. Light, shadow, form—captured as they are, in the moment.
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Learn
Seeing before painting. Looking before knowing. A mentorship in perceptual painting for artists who want to deepen their practice and trust what unfolds.